- Timberlea, Nova Scotia
Timberlea is a community located on the rural/suburban fringe of the
Halifax Regional Municipality inNova Scotia ,Canada . The name means a broad meadow in a forest.Timberlea is a part of the
Timberlea-Prospect provincial electoral district.Bill Estabrooks of theNew Democratic Party has been themember of the Legislative Assembly since1999 .History
In the 1800s, Timberlea was often referred to as Bowser's Station, after Angus Bowser, who ran a hotel near the area's train station near Greenwood Heights. Aubrey Fraser was an early settler in the area, and he, his father and brothers stationed a saw mill along the Nine Mile River. Almost a decade following the Halifax Explosion, the Bowser's Hotel was sold to Mr. and Mrs. William Miller. It had been a frequent stop for people traveling along the St. Margaret's Bay Road, between Halifax and Yarmouth. The Hotel was leveled in a fire, on the night of December 12th, 1947.
Contemporary issues
Today, the area is a steadily growing
residential area . There is discussion over preserving a substantially large area of crown land for park near the lakes. Tentative plans are being discussed over the prospect of a communitylibrary , and construction and Restoration of a "Fraser's Mill Museum", commemorating thesaw mill once owned by the Fraser family.Demographics
*Population - 5477
*Total Dwellings - 1860
*Total Land Area - 6.2885Km²
*BLT Elementary Population - 800 childrenReferences
* [http://broadband.gc.ca/demographic_servlet/community_demographics/4924 Demographics]
* [http://halifax.ca/civicaddress/documents/Timberlea.pdf HRM Civic Address Map]
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